Hi again,

Sorry. I've forget to mention that my server is running Legato 7.1.4 under
Windows 2000. We need to support ACLs under Linux (ext3fs or reiserfs) and
Solaris (ufs).

We will need support for zfs in Solaris (but in the future, not now).

Thank you very much for your answers.

See you.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Siobh á n Ellis
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:59 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Which is the best client/server 
> versions combination now?
> 
> 
> Hmmm, well I'd say 7.2.2, but then you have to back up ZFS, that needs
> 7.3.2. 
> 
> What you don't say is what OS your NetWorker server is, or 
> how big your
> datazone is.
> 
> 7.3.2 on Linux is terrible, and has scalability issues, even 
> with only 600
> clients defined, and no more than 150 in any savegrp - where 
> 7.2.2 worked
> just fine! I can't speak for any other OS.
> 
> My recommendation would be upgrade the server, first, to 
> 7.2.2. Then only
> the clients that need ZFS support should be on 7.3.2. It's 
> not officially
> supported, having a higher rev client than the server, but it 
> should work.
> 
> Siobhán
> 
> On 27/10/06 3:25 AM, "Manel Rodero" <manel AT FIB.UPC DOT EDU> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > At this time we're runing 7.1.4 server and a combination of 
> differente 7.1.x
> > clients and we would like to know which is the best 
> client/server versions
> > for upgrading to (obviously without problems ;-).
> > 
> > I ask this because I've read many problems with different 
> 7.3 versions; some
> > message saying that is better to stay at 7.2.1/7.2.2, etc. 
> But as we need to
> > be able to backup ACLs under Unix machines and zfs 
> filesystems we need to
> > know which is the best combination.
> > 
> > And, which is the best step for migrating, client first or 
> server first?
> > 
> > Thank you very much.
> > 
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